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Week 14

Weekly
Grade
PurplePainterEaters
12-2 62
73.62
 
VS
proj
The Mixon Administration
35 6-8
52.79

PurplePainterEaters find way to defeat The Mixon Administration in 62-35 landslide

Both teams failed to bring their A game, falling short of projections, but PurplePainterEaters did enough to get the best of The Mixon Administration, rolling to a 62-35 win. PurplePainterEaters nabbed an 11-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind Josh Allen (16 points) and Ja'Marr Chase (12) and never let it go. Adam Thielen (9 points) and the Cincinnati Bengals defense (8) were the leading scorers for The Mixon Administration in the loss. This marks the second time this season PurplePainterEaters have gotten the best of The Mixon Administration, after winning 97-70 in their last matchup. PurplePainterEaters (12-2) will look to keep it rolling in the playoffs. The Mixon Administration will be home for the playoffs, finishing the season at 6-8.

Matchup Timeline

  PurplePainterEaters   The Mixon Administration

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While allowing 14 points, surrendering 329 yards, and intercepting 3 passes against the Steelers, the Ravens defense tallied 11 points this week. Their scoring output was 52.6% more than their 7.21-point projection and was higher than their 8-point season scoring average. The Ravens defense ranks #6 among fantasy DEFs this season and will face the Browns next week.
The Baltimore Ravens defense

Top Player Comparison

PurplePainterEaters
Points
% of total points 62
1
Josh Allen
QB
16
20.83
25.8%
2
Ja'Marr Chase
WR
12
7.64
19.4%
3
The Baltimore Ravens defense
DEF
11
7.21
17.7%
4
WR
9
6.12
14.5%
The Mixon Administration
Points
% of total points 35
1
Adam Thielen
WR
9
5.78
25.7%
2
The Cincinnati Bengals defense
DEF
8
5.49
22.9%
3
Pat Freiermuth
TE
7
3.98
20%
4
Evan McPherson
K
5
9.63
14.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with big-time plays early Sunday, after which PurplePainterEaters became the proud owner of a 42-31 lead. For PurplePainterEaters, Josh Allen had a 24-yard touchdown pass. Adam Thielen made the highlight reel for The Mixon Administration with a 23-yard touchdown catch.

Points By Position

  PurplePainterEaters   The Mixon Administration

Game Notes

PurplePainterEaters got the win even though only three of their nine starters exceeded their scoring projections.
The Mixon Administration had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Was The Mixon Administration even trying this week? They started three players who scored zero points.
Josh Allen, Ja'Marr Chase, and the Baltimore Ravens defense all scored more points than Adam Thielen, the leading scorer for The Mixon Administration.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Each team scored below its projected point total.
The loss snaps a two-match unbeaten streak for The Mixon Administration.
Not only did PurplePainterEaters earn the win, but they also covered the 20.83-point projected margin of victory.
In blowout games this year, PurplePainterEaters moves to (6-0), while The Mixon Administration falls to (1-4).

Coach Talk

PurplePainterEaters
Listen PurplePainterEaters, the good news is that we took this matchup by a whopping 27 points. The *even better* news is that we know we're better than this... as a matter of fact, our team's scoring average through 13 weeks was 78.23. So yes, we're happy to have earned this victory, but let's also "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
The Mixon Administration
The problem this week was pretty easy to diagnose, The Mixon Administration. Starting Kyler Murray, Kenyan Drake, and Courtland Sutton in a tough fantasy matchup... let's attempt to play with a full deck of cards next time?